Game apparatus



May 22, 1928.

E. A. CHRESTOPH GAME APPARATUS Filed March 30, 1927 Patented May 2.2, 1928.

r U i i lat finnweranA. oIIRIsTorII, QECHICAGO, ILLINoIs, Assrer ion or ONE-'TYIHIRDTOALBERT COHN'AND ONE-THIRD T LOUIS H. nnBs, BOTH or. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

G ME APPARATUS.

Application fiidmareheo, 1-927. "Serial No. name.

Thisinvention relates to an amusement device which is simple in construction, and "easily disassembled so as to be convenient for "shipping or storage. It maybe setup for use in any suitable place, as upon a floor, table, or othensmooth surface. The parts "composing the present apparatus are designed to' provide a frame resembling a miniature billiard or'pool table, and in the use of the present apparatus, balls, marbles, caroms, or other movable units may be employed. Any desired game may be employed by moving such units directly with the hand or with the aid of a cue or other implement.

In the accompanying drawing is set forth a preferred embodiment of this invention in the manner following:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus in its entirety set up for use;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in plan of the parts adjacent one corner pocket of the apparatus frame;

Fig. 3 is a similar View of the parts adjacent one side pocket of the apparatus frame;

Fig. 4 is a detail in section on line 414l of Fig. 3; V

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 3, the view being from the right hand side thereof; I

Fig. 6 which isa view similar to Fig. 2 shows two frame sections connected at a corner by a bracket so as to convert the apparatus to simulate a pool table;

Fig. 7 which is a transverse section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6 shows a modified con-,

struction of resilient cushion; and

Fig. 8 1s a simllar view showing astill further modified construction of cushion.

The parts forming the present invention are designed for assembly so as to provide aframe, preferably rectangular, adapted to rest upon a floor, table, or other smooth surface. As shown, the frame comprises six sections of moulding 10, all alike, and each having by preferance a C-shaped cross section with two facing gripping edges 11 spaced from each other and from the back of the moulding. Carried within the moulding and held by the gripping edges thereof is a resilient cushion 12 the cross section of which may be varied within considerable limits. As suggested in Fig. 4, the cushion is substantially square; in Fig. 7 it is T- shaped with a pointed edge exposed upon the inner side of the moulding; .and in Fig.

8 it is a tube so fitted within'the moulding asto assume the shape therein shown.

A number of such' moulding sections, each with an a'ssociated'cushion, may' b e joined to gether, as shownin F 1; The means, by which the sections are joined,maycomprise in each instance a pocket connector-15 have ing ends 16which iarei'in the form of-arms extending oppositely or perpendicularly -:ben'eathistra-ps l'l' wvlii'ch arestruck; out from the back of the moulding sections, as best indicated in Fig. 5. A frictional fit of the connector arms is thus provided whereby the several moulding sections are united in a desired formation. As shown in F 1, each connector is so shaped as to leave a gap between its two arms whereby the ad acent moulding sections are held slightly apart;

Through the gaps so provided, a ball, carom, or other unit may be moved in playing a selected game.

To convert the frame to one in which the gaps are closed, as in a billiard table, bracket connectors 18 of the kind shown in Fig. 6 are employed; These latter connectors which are in the form of fiat wire, either straight or angular, permit the proximate ends of adjacent mouldings to abut. In the construction of Fig. 6, I would have it noted that the ends of the connector are inserted between the back of the moulding and the cushion which is held therewithin. This is an alternative construction and may be used when it is desired to eliminate the formation of straps 17 such as are shown in Fig. 5.

The type of construction herein shownv is advantageous in several respects The moulding, as well as the connectors, maybe formed at small expense from ordinary flat of the moulding sections, the apparatus may still be used with a lesser number thereof forming the frame. I

I claim: I

1. In a gameapparatus, a frame composed of sections arranged end to end, each section comprising a channeled moulding having inturned gripping edges, a cushion inserted within'the moulding and held by the gripping edges thereof, and means forming pockets detachably connecting the ends of the moulding sections, substantially as described.

2. In a game apparatus, a frame composed of a moulding in sections arranged end to end, each section being in the form of a let ter'C with opposed inwardly facing gripping edges, a cushion inserted within each mould ing and held by the gripping edges thereof, means extended from a side of each moulding opposite the cushion forming an outwardly protruding strap, and connecting means, one at each juncture of the moulding sections, having a portion of itself insertable beneath said straps for frictional connection therewith, substantially as described.

3. In a game apparatus, a frame composed of a sectional moulding formed of flat wire having its edges bent around and inturned toward each other, a cushion of resilient material gripped by said i'nturned edges and held thereby with a portion of its body protruding laterally from the moulding, there being portions of the moulding struck out rearwardly in spaced relation to the body thereof, and flat wire connectors having their ends inserted between said struck-out portions and the moulding body whereby to detachably join the moulding sections together, substantially as described.

l. In a game apparatus, of sections arranged end to end, each section comprising a flat wire having its edges bent a frame composed around toward each other in the form of a letter C, a resilient cushion material gripped between thespaced edges of the Wire and held thereby with a portion of the cushion protruding laterally therefrom, and means for detachably connecting the wire'sections together, substantially as described.

- EDWARD A. CHRIST OPH. 

